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‘Principesse e cavalieri’? Rappresentazioni non dicotomiche e genderiste nella letteratura per young adult

  • Federico Batini

The contribution analyses a recent editorial production of novels targeting young audiences that present complex, multifaceted and extremely realistic protagonists struggling with the difficult definition - or conquest - of their gender identity and sexual orientation.

  • Keywords:
  • novels,
  • young audiences,
  • gender identity,
  • sexual orientation,
  • protagonists,
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Federico Batini

University of Perugia, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-0513-1232

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Chapter Information

Chapter Title

‘Principesse e cavalieri’? Rappresentazioni non dicotomiche e genderiste nella letteratura per young adult

Authors

Federico Batini

Language

Italian

DOI

10.36253/979-12-215-0362-3.12

Peer Reviewed

Publication Year

2023

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© 2023 Author(s)

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CC BY-SA 4.0

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CC0 1.0

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Book Title

Quanti generi di diversità?

Book Subtitle

Promuovere nuovi linguaggi, rappresentazioni e saperi per educare alle differenze e prevenire l’omofobia e la transfobia

Editors

Irene Biemmi

Peer Reviewed

Number of Pages

142

Publication Year

2023

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© 2023 Author(s)

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CC BY-SA 4.0

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CC0 1.0

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Firenze University Press, USiena Press

DOI

10.36253/979-12-215-0362-3

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979-12-215-0361-6

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979-12-215-0362-3

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979-12-215-0363-0

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Politiche e strategie per l’uguaglianza di genere e l’inclusione. Temi, ricerche e prospettive dei CUG delle Università di Siena e Firenze

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